Improvement in horseshoers  rests



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA LEGG, OF RUSHVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOERS RESTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,651, dated August l2, 1873 application filed August 19, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA LEGG, of Rushville, in the Vcounty of Yates and State of N ew York, have invented certain Improvements in Horseshoers Rest, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the construction and application of a rest for horseshoers to place the foot of the horse upon while clinching the nails and rasping the hoof, and making the top of the rest so small that the sole ofthe horses foot may rest upon it and allow the shoer to use the ordinary clinching-iron all around the shoe without moving the horses foot.

rIhe figure is an elevation, showing the rest in the position it is used. x

A is one of the three legs that constitutes the main portion of the rest upon which it stands. They may be made of wood or iron, and of any size or length required by various shoers. When made of wood it should be bent, so that the lower ends may be placed far enough apart to make it stand rm, and have the upper ends firmly united together, and be held by a band or bolts. of iron the upper ends may be welded together, if preferred. lB is a band that surrounds and holds the upper end of the legs together. It must be made so small that the shoer may pass his elinching-iron to each nail v Witnesses:

JOHN L. LEWIS, CHARLES KETCHUM.

When made 

